Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 3:18pm

AuSM Staff

Mitsubishi Motors North America has teamed up with Dealer-FX to launch a digital platform designed to help its dealers make service visits more seamless for their customers. This customer experience management platform is called MICAR and is based on the ONE platform from Dealer-FX. The ONE platform is designed to... Read More

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 12:24pm

Joe Overby, Senior Editor

Many of the metrics around Asbury Automotive Group's used-car operations have shown some growth, both in the third quarter and through nine months of the year, according to the retailer's quarterly earnings report released Tuesday.   Asbury increased its used-car retail sales by nearly 11 percent... Read More

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 11:44am

AuSM Staff

Auto classified industry veterans Skip Dowd and Ernie Blood — who have been with operations such as AutoMart Magazine, AutoMart.com, AutoTrader.com, Mini Merchant and Trader Publishing — are now collaborating on a new platform to help dealers move metal. Dowd and Blood joined forces to launch... Read More

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 12:45pm

AuSM Staff

The next line of succession in National Automobile Dealers Association leaders has been decided. Current NADA vice chairman Charlie Gilchirst, who is president of Texas-based Gilchrist Automotive, was elected 2019 president by NADA’s board of directors during their meeting in Newport, Calif., on Tuesday. Chosen... Read More

Monday, October 15, 2018 - 2:54pm

AuSM Staff

Perhaps a couple times a week, a vehicle with a manual transmission rolls over the curb or pulls into the service drive at your dealership. According to data shared by CarMax on Monday, the penetration of company sales for vehicles that are equipped with manual transmissions is down 86.2 percent from 23 years ago. Back... Read More

Friday, October 12, 2018 - 2:12pm

Joe Overby, Senior Editor

In 2012, AuSM launched its “Best CPO Dealers in the USA” series, an annual program that includes brand-by-brand rankings of the dealerships with the most certified pre-owned sales from the preceding year.  The No. 1 CPO seller for Nissan has been the same in each of the seven editions of... Read More

Friday, October 12, 2018 - 10:40am

Joe Overby, Senior Editor

The nation’s franchised car dealers are getting a major boost to their hiring efforts, thanks to a partnership between their national trade group and Hireology. The National Automobile Dealers Association is teaming up with the hiring and talent management platform on an array of measures to provide human... Read More

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 4:26pm

AuSM Staff

Roger Penske, owner of Penske Automotive Group and multiple successful motorsports teams, will be the recipient of this year's Spirit of Competition Award from the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. An award gala for Penske will be held on Halloween night at the museum in Philadelphia. “No one epitomizes... Read More